Edgar Filing: LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC

LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.

Date: April 29, 2013

/s/ Frederick G. Stueber

Frederick G. Stueber

Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 25, 2013

LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Ohio

0-1402

34-1860551

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

22801 St. Clair Avenue

Cleveland, Ohio 44117

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(216) 481-8100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name and former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at the Marriott Cleveland East, 26300 Harvard Road, Warrensville Heights, Ohio.

The final results of voting on each of the matters submitted for a vote of security holders at the 2013 Annual Meeting are as follows:

1. Shareholders elected four directors, each to hold office until the 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, as set forth below.


	Votes		Votes				Broker
Name	For		Withheld		Abstentions		Non-Votes
Stephen G. Hanks		66,647,605		531,322		0		7,994,100
Kathryn Jo Lincoln		66,686,010		492,917		0		7,994,100
William E. MacDonald, III		66,852,030		326,897		0		7,994,100
George H. Walls, Jr.		66,816,394		362,533		0		7,994,100

2. Shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2013, as set forth below.


Votes For	Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
74,733,417		379,120		60,490		0

3. Shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as set forth below.


Votes For	Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
65,719,613		896,366		562,948		7,994,100

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.